Architects Journal
April 2010

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AJ launches Retrofit Awards

The AJ has teamed up with sister title New Civil Engineer (NCE) and the Built Environment Solutions & Technologies Show (BEST) to launch an awards scheme recognising the best firms, projects and teams driving the emerging retrofit market
Architect sought for £6.4m London estate revamp

Wandsworth Council is seeking an architect to work on the first phase its York Road Estate regeneration
Bradford canal scheme launches search for masterplanner

Bradford City is seeking masterplanners to work on a £250,000 regeneration plan for a 5km stretch of canal-side land
Career change for climate change

Architects must go back to basics to engage the public on issues of climate change, says Barrie Evans
Green light for Open Architecture’s art deco Southend hotel

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Open Architecture has won planning for this 3,870m² hotel in Southend-on-Sea in Essex
Halliday Clark wins go-ahead for Rhythm & Booze HQ

Bradford-based Halliday Clark has bagged planning permission for Rhythm & Booze’s new headquarters in a former outdoor pursuits centre in South Yorkshire
Hawkins\Brown’s green masterplan for the Wharves Deptford

[SUSTAINABILITY IN PRACTICE] An early and constant focus on sustainability was central to Hawkins\Brown’s green ambitions for the Wharves Deptford, says Hattie Hartman
Lyall unveils Clerkenwell jewellery centre

John Lyall Architects has revealed its £17.5 million scheme for a new jewellery education centre in north London
New Practices #22: Millar + Howard Workshop

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have decided to go it alone, either through choice or redundancy
Ron Arad completes Liège mall

Ron Arad Architects has completed this 19 million euro (£17 million) shopping centre within the 40,000m2 Médiacité development in Liège, Belgium
Scottish architects fry new urbanist Duany

American new urbanist Andres Duany has sparked protests from Scottish architects after alleging the country had not built any housing to be proud of since 1945
Stephenson Bell’s finishes new foyer at former GMEX

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Stephenson Bell has completed the second phase of its £20 million overhaul of the Manchester Central international convention centre, formerly the GMEX
This is not just a lamp...AJ at the Milan Furniture fair

James Pallister and Crystal Bennes report on the spectacular creations launched at this year’s annual Milan Furniture Fair
3mm Tile from Strata Tiles

Inspired by a recent trend to specify 3mm thick porcelain reinforced tiles, designers may now select from a range of designs, textures and colours in our super slim line collection PanZERO3, with sizes up to an amazing 3meter x 1m.
A new political mindset in epic space: heaven knows we’re miserabilist now

Ian Martin wakes up to the new political narrative
a:b:i:r architects lands planning for Polegate health centre

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] a:b:i:r architects has won planning for this primary care resource centre and residential scheme at Polegate, East Sussex
Above & Beyond lands Leeds cycle point contract

Architect Above & Beyond has bagged the £500,000 job to design Leeds City Station’s new cycle point
ACA publishes updated standard form of agreement

The Association of Consultant Architects (ACA) has published a new edition of its Standard Form of Agreement (SFA)
Acanthus LW completes Haggerston station

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Acanthus LW Architects has completed this new train station at Haggerston for the East London Line (ELL) upgrade project
Adam Architecture 2010 Student Travel Scholarship

Robert Adam’s practice, Adam Architecture has launched its 2010 Student Travel Scholarship award
AECOM Urban SOS student competition

AECOM has launched its international Urban SOS: Transformations student competition
AF launches contest to design New Aldgate

The Architecture Foundation (AF) has launched an open international competition to design a temporary New Aldgate on the edge the City of London
AJ exclusive: Architects complete East London Line stations

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] TfL has unveiled images of JSA Opus’s Shoreditch High Street station and Weston Williamson’s Hoxton station on the new East London Line
AJ Exclusive: Dartmouth Indoor Pool shortlist unveiled

The Dartmouth Indoor and District Indoor Pool Trust (DDIP) has shortlisted seven architect-led proposals to complete its indoor pool
AJ exclusive: Rem Koolhaas interview

Read the AJ’s exclusive interview with Rem Koolhaas by Rory Olcayto
AJ Exclusive: winner named in contest to design Wyclef Jean music studio

An American student has won the International Student Open Design Competition, supported by John McAslan + Partners and Allied London, for a new music studio facility in Cité Soleil, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
AJ exclusive: Winners of retrofit Oscars revealed

Cambridge-based 5th Studio won the showpiece prize at the prestigious 3R Awards (Refurb, Rethink, Retrofit) ceremony last night
AJ Poll: Would you be happy with a hung parliament?

The Conservatives have bagged the most seats in the 2010 election leaving the UK with its first hung parliament since 1974. The AJ asks: Would you be happy with a continuing hung parliament?
AJ roundtable: The future of regeneration

Is rock ’n’ roll a better catalyst for place-making than retail-led regeneration? Just one question raised at this year’s MIPIM, at a lunch hosted by the AJ in association with Austin-Smith:Lord
AJ Specification Preview: Housing 2010

The Chartered Institute of Housing annual conference and exhibition is the UK’s leading social and affordable housing event, bringing housing associations and local authorities together with the private and voluntary sectors
AJ Specification: Timber Costs

Don’t look like a plank when pricing woodwork. Here, Neil Barnett, resource cost services manager of BCIS, the Building Cost Information Service of the RICS, provides the latest sample cost breakdowns for timber structural members, first- and second-fix elements.
All Weather House, Ireland by ROEWUarchitecture

Up-and-coming London-based practice ROEWUarchitecture has completed this three-bedroom home for a retired couple in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland
Almost over: Alsop's Headingley pavilion takes shape

Work is nearing completion on Alsop Sparch’s new 4,000m2 pavilion at Headingley, Leeds, the home of Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC)
Archigram opens 'massive' archive to all

Archigram is about to unveil a huge free archive featuring masses of material by the legendary 1960s architecture group
Architect 'erased' for failing to prove PII

An architect from south London has been struck off the ARB register for failing to prove she had adequate insurance cover
Architects welcome Prince's classic green guide

Architects welcome book that aims to highlight the potential advantages of reusing old buildings
Architects’ dole queue contines to shrink

The number of architects claiming unemployment benefit has fallen for the seventh month in a row, despite the overall number out-of-work people in the UK going up
Architecture and Education in a scramble for Gove’s ‘yummy money’

Ian Martin joins The Gove’s Rethinking Taskforce
Art & Work Awards open to international entries

The International Art & Work Awards 2010, which celebrate the union of corporate art and architecture, are open to international entries
Arup Headquarters, London, by Sheppard Robson

Arup’s new headquarters proves collaboration between designers can be successful if it is well-orchestrated, writes Felix Mara
Arup plans 100 redundancies

ARUP is planning to slash up to 100 jobs following an employment consultation, which concludes this week
Bath Spa University, student accommodation

Bath Spa University is searching for architects to design a 600-unit halls of residence
Battle to save Finsbury Health Centre could go to health secretary

Islington Council’s political parties are set to appeal to the Ministry of Health if the primary care trust (PCT) refuses to save Finsbury Health Centre
Beyond the Hive

Developer British Land and The City of London are searching for architects to design a series of ‘five star’ biodiversity hotels for insects
Big changes for capital’s architects as LDA faces axe

London mayor Boris Johnson has unveiled plans for a major restructure of the Greater London Authority (GLA), which will see the London Development Agency (LDA) cease to exist and could mean big changes for architects working in the capital
Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena seeks architect for re-design

The Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena is seeking an architect to revamp its front-of-house facilities
Bishop named architecture centre network chair

London Development Agency (LDA) deputy chief executive Peter Bishop has been appointed chair of the Architecture Centre Network (ACN)
Block bags planning on third attempt

Block Architecture has begun work on Vine Cottage in north London, after receiving planning on the third attempt
Books Received: Detailing, Timber and NBS Shortcuts

Our recommendation of the most useful crop of newly-released architecture books
Boom in temporary jobs as dole queue figures fall again

The number of architects claiming unemployment benefit has fallen for the eighth month in a row, despite the overall number out-of-work people in the UK having risen to its highest levels since 1994
Bradford-Shipley Canal Road Corridor

Bradford City is seeking masterplanners to work on a £250,000 regeneration plan for a 5km stretch of canal-side land
BREAKING NEWS: New Chelsea Barracks masterplan revealed

[FIRST LOOK] The replacement masterplan for Richard Rogers’ doomed Chelsea Barracks proposals have been unveiled today
Brill battles for Safe Trestles win

Dan Brill Architects has been shortlisted for California’s Safe Trestles design competition, with the winner set to be announced tomorrow
BSF projects face the axe

Architects continue to bid for Building Schools for the Future (BSF) work, despite the government’s review of £2.2 billion of contracts, which could torpedo more than 100 projects
Bushboard Washrooms for Weetabix Refurbishment

Weetabix, the leading breakfast cereals manufacturer have just completed a major refurbishment of several washroom areas and chose Bushboard Washroom Systems Quadro cubicle range for the project.
Bushboard’s HiZone Voted Top by Feltham Community College

Bushboard Washroom Systems’ HiZone cubicles have been specified for a refurbishment at Feltham Community College.
Campaigners demand construction tax breaks

Campaigners have called on the next government to reform tax to encourage large-scale institutional housebuilding
Capita figurehead Rob Firth returns to Austin-Smith:Lord

Rob Firth has left Capita Architecture to return to Austin-Smith:Lord, the practice he left to join the architectural giants five years ago
Ceiling contractors get a little tlx-tra help from Armstrong

Installation times that are noticeably quicker are being recorded by installers of Armstrong Ceilings’ relaunched TLX suspended grid system.
Charity gives architecture internships to sixth-formers

Ten practices, including Foster + Partners, Eric Parry and AHMM, have agreed to offer internships to fledgling architecture students through a charity programme
Civic Voice fills Civic Trust shoes

Civic Voice has launched itself as the new mouthpiece for the civic movement, taking up the role of the bankrupt Civic Trust
Classical Architecture: Three Fallacies

Classicism has been wronged, argues Robert Adam. Although its longevity proves people still want classical buildings, three fallacies about style, relevance and authenticity are used to justify the hostility it receives from the profession
Competitions: Editor's Pick 01.09.11

A RIBA design competition for a £13 million college redevelopment, an urban master plan for the city of Hamburg and an international competition for Sebastopol’s new city centre in California. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions.
Competitions: Editor's Pick 15.09.11

A university extension in Vienna, a Home Office framework and an archaeological museum in Sardinia. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 06.05.10

A museum and restoration project at Yorkshire’s Wentworth Castle, a halls of residence for Bath Spa University and Adam Architecture’s 2010 Student Travel Scholarship award; this week’s pick of the top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 06.10.11

A 15,000-seat arena in Copenhagen, Whitehill Bordon eco-town housing and a metro station for Sofia. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions.
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 08.04.10

Redevelopment of Hereford Buttermarket and a wayfinding strategy for the University of Salford – the inside track on this week’s most promising competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 10.11.11

The Olympic Legacy design panel, an energy centre in Greenwich and the University of Bedfordshire’s design framework. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 12.01.12

The British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Helsinki central library and the Tara Arts Theatre in south London. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 13.05.10

A maritime training institute at Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Gwynedd Council’s town centre regeneration framework and AECOM’s international student competition; the editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 17.11.11

A New York folly, Belfast’s Science Park and a student housing contest in Nottingham. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 18.08.11

Silverman Architectural Competition launched in New York City, a four-year housing design framework in Edinburgh, and the British Railways Board seeks bridge design services. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions.
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 19.01.12

Cambridge university’s north-west masterplan, a RIAI school design contest and Slovenia’s new national library. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 20.05.10

A new entrance for Sloterdijk railway station, a hospital design framework and 12 Sukkahs for New York City; this week’s pick of the best competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 20.10.11

The Tate St Ives extension, a university framework and a transport interchange in Helsinki. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 22.04.10

A temporary gate for the Olympics at Aldgate, two fire stations on the Isle of Wight and a performance space in Queen’s Park, Glasgow, your pick of the week’s best competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 22.09.11

Masterplanning Neuchâtel in Switzerland, Ireland’s Waterford Courthouse and a consultancy framework with the University of Sheffield. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 25.08.11

Northampton’s Delapre Abbey calls for conservation, restoration and a new role, a 280m² temporary pavilion in Florida and a student competition to design the ‘innovative’ coastal defences of the future. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 27.05.10

A further education college revamp, a Danish waste incineration plant’s façade and 62 units of social in Northern Ireland; this week’s pick of the top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 27.10.11

La Laguna market, temporary structures in Guimarães and a high speed rail link between London and the West Midlands. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 29.04.10

A new BFI film centre on London’s South Bank, a sea life institute at St Andrews and a 10km stretch of Italian highway; the insider’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 29.09.11

A hospital masterplan in Copenhagen, Luton airport expansion and conceptual structures for New Hampshire’s Beam Camp. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions.
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 3.11.11

Redundant military sites, a student lighting competition and innovative fabricated structures. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Contest opens door for new architects at Lords

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has launched the search for a development partner, potentially with its own design team, to deliver new housing at Lord’s Cricket Ground, in St John’s Wood, London
Coopers Exhibitions - Facts & Information

A one metre cube of palleted Cableflor weighs only 210kg, will make up a 50 sq metre floor and does not require any tools
Cost of residential land soars

A mismatch between between housing supply and demand is behind the record high cost of residential development land, a leading estate agent has claimed
Countess of Chester Hospital, framework appointment

Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation has launched a hunt for a designer for its 48 month architectural services contract
Country house, Platt Hill Wood, Kent by Lee Fitzgerald Architects

[FIRST LOOK + PLAN] Lee Fitzgerald Architects has won planning permission for this house in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in Kent
Crusading architect wins ARB insurance battle after 12-year struggle

The ARB has ‘capitulated’ after a long-running legal battle over whether it is entitled to prosecute architects for failing to account for their professional indemnity insurance (PII)
Cullinan wins planning for Maggie’s Centre plans

Ted Cullinan has secured planning consent for the proposed new £3 million Maggie’s North East cancer care Centre
Design ACB reveals Caxton Avenue scheme

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] Design ACB Architects has revealed images of its three-unit residential scheme at Southampton, Hampshire
Design contest launched for controversial Aberdeen city square

A controversial decision to launch an international design competition for the Ian Woods-backed £140 million city square scheme in Aberdeen has spelt the end for Brisac Gonzalez’s Peacock Visual Arts Centre
Devereux unveils £20m beach hotel

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] Devereux Architects has revealed this 76-bedroom ‘boutique’ hotel for Roffey Homes in Worthing, Sussex
Doreen Lawrence hits out at elitism

The mother of Stephen Lawrence has hit out at architects who ‘talk but don’t act’ in the battle to challenge elitism in the profession
Down to wire in Wyre

Two practices have been shortlisted in a competition to transform Wyre’s Waterfront
Dunster unveils Shanghai ZEDpavilion

[FIRST LOOK] Bill Dunster, principle at ZEDfactory, has unveiled his competition-winning ZEDpavilion at the Shanghai Expo, China
Duo on shortlist for £288m Alder Hey project

Only BDP and Anshen & Allen are left in the race to land the £288 million Alder Hey Children’s Health Park Project in Liverpool
Ecophon ceiling solutions helps revitalise council buildings

Using acoustic ceiling systems from Ecophon, one of the Midlands’ largest social housing providers has created a truly accessible resource centre for its tenants within its main administrative building
Election 2010: Who gets your vote?

Last night (22.04.10) the leaders of the three main political parties took part in the second Leaders’ Debate. Here, architects of all persuasions share their views on the policies outlined in their manifestos
Election appeals to the architects of Great and/or Broken Britain

It’s baby-kissing time for Ian Martin
Eurisol Thermal bypasses

[PRODUCTS] Thermal bypasses and cavity party walls
Falconer Chester Hall's £56m Liverpool scheme to go ahead

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] Falconer Chester Hall has landed planning for its £56 million mixed-use scheme at Liverpool City Centre
Farrell to plan Folkestone harbour

Terry Farrell & Partners have drawn up plans to redevelop Folkestone harbour and seafront
Findlay to work on Orbit tower

Ushida Findlay Architects has been appointed to work on Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond’s controversial £19 million ArcelorMittal Orbit tower at the Olympic Park in London
First look: Insect hotel teams buzzing

Five teams have been shortlisted in a contest to design London’s first five-star insect hotel chain
Forge reveals Bermondsey sea wall sculpture

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Forge Architects has unveiled a new war memorial project, which places a statue on a replica sea wall in Bermondsey
Forgotten Spaces: Beckton Alp by MUF Architecture

[NEWHAM] An accessible wilderness
Forgotten Spaces: Between + Nowhere by James Stopps

[LAMBETH] Waiting room gardens under the roof of the old Eurostar terminal of Waterloo Station
Forgotten Spaces: Camden Gateway by 11.04 Architects

[CAMDEN] A new gateway for Camden High street
Forgotten Spaces: Commended – A New Productive Landscape by Boyarsky Murphy Architects

[CAMDEN] Micro allotment gardens sited next to a raised railway line
Forgotten Spaces: Commended – Hanging Gardens of the Circle Line by Chris Hildrey

[WESTMINSTER] Gardens above seven defunct ventilation shafts along the length of the Circle Line
Forgotten Spaces: Commended – Kingsway Hub by JAIA

[CAMDEN] A pedestrian walkthrough and market connecting Holborn Station and surrounding institutions on the site of the old tramway entrance
Forgotten Spaces: Commended – Nose to Tail by Dan Dodds

[CITY OF LONDON] Restaurant with on-site abattoir, tannery, butchery, kitchen and leather workshop
Forgotten Spaces: Commended – Park Lane by DSDHA, Atelier Saunt at EPFL

[WESTMINSTER] Multi-surface activity centre on the grass verge of Park Lane
Forgotten Spaces: Commended – Walk the Line by Honey

[HOUNSLOW] A light installation on the underside of the M4
Forgotten Spaces: Cross Bones Memorial by Benjamin Wilkes and Joanna Maguire

[SOUTHWARK] A memorial building and garden
Forgotten Spaces: Friern Barnet Sewage Works by J&L Gibbons

[HARINGEY] A community allotment garden
Forgotten Spaces: Millwall Dock Floating Gardens by Form Associates

[TOWER HAMLETS] A new natural ecosystem for Millwall Docks
Forgotten Spaces: Old Kent Paradise by Martin Ebert of Studio Meda

[SOUTHWARK] Public gardens to improve a busy roundabout site, envoking memories of its rural past
Forgotten Spaces: Plinth by Artillery

[Tower Hamlets] Raised sculpture park on a railway viaduct
Forgotten Spaces: Proposals A – B

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces: [d_pod] DIY Summer Pavilion; 155 Curtain Road; 3d GARDEN; A Microinfrastructure; A102; Accordian; Acupunkture; Argo Eclipse; Arts Den; Ascending The Void; Back to Nature; Baldwin Terrace
Forgotten Spaces: Proposals B – C

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces: Bank of Culture; Bees Please; Bethnal Green Babylon; Bike Shed; Blue Footprint; Bonham Garden; Bridge; Brixton Tabernacle; Bubble-Rap; Car Park; Celebration Park and Centre for Citizen Adhocracy
Forgotten Spaces: Proposals C – D

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces: Chiswick Roundabout; Citar; City Road Hall; Claremont Square Reservoir; Coldfall Wildlife Corridors; Concrete Island; Connecting Camley Street; Creekside Arcade; Crystal Palace Market Square; Crystal Ship; Dalston Media Centre; Dalston Roof Park and Displaced Community Archive
Forgotten Spaces: Proposals E – F

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces: Earls Court Burial Garden City; East Broadway; Eco Five; Elm Wonderland; Everyday; Fabric Park; Floating Garden; Follow the Yellow Slip Road; Forgotten Fulham; Forgotten Spaces; Four Elements of Sands End and From Dark to Light
Forgotten Spaces: Proposals F – H

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces: Fuel Lands Market Pavilion; Fun Marquee; Great Triffid; Greenwich Jetty Islands; Grow Boat; Growing Convenience; The Heart; Hoborn Tramblas; Holland Park Roundabout; Homerton Centre and Hoxton Exchange
Forgotten Spaces: Proposals I – L

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces: Ifield Play House; Incubator; Immersion; Inhabited 3D Park; K2 4AL; Kops Mead; LifeCycle Park; Lignin Chain; Limehouse Quarter; Limpsfield Avenue; Linked Spaces; London Tube Marathon and London-On-Sea
Forgotten Spaces: Proposals M – P

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces: Majic Island; Meadowbank; Ming Park; Mimic; Mount Pleasant; New Open Space; Nod8 Walkable Structure; Old Belgate Wharf: Old Street Roundabout; Olympic Art Gallery; O-Zone; Peering Point and Peckham Calabash
Forgotten Spaces: Proposals P – R

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces: Pocket Wilderness; Portobello Pop Up; Princes Circus; Projection Centre; Public Convenience; Public Toilet; Push. Pull. Play.; Queens Circus; Ravenet Arcade; rEC2; Reconnecting the Community and Regent’s Canal Towpath
Forgotten Spaces: Proposals R – T

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces: Ridgeway; River Thames History + Found Objects Lab; Running Spiral; Sky Dock; St Saviours Dock; STET Bromley By Bow; STET Bromley By Bow; Survival of Dollis Hill House; Swinging Bridge Cafe; Talbot Yard; Testing Ground and Thames Mini Tidal Power Stations
Forgotten Spaces: Proposals T – U

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces: Three Mills Thermals: Tilth to Table; Tower Hide; Trailblazing; Under Change; Underground Overgrowth; Union Green; Urban Gardens and Urban Suture
Forgotten Spaces: Proposals U – W

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces: Urban Swamp; Urban Tapestries; Velo-City; Verticle Park Ramillies Street; Warehouse Theatre 2; Warncliffe Theatre and Hanwell Crossrail; Waterloo Farm; Winchester Square; Woolwich Dockyard Angling Club and World Peace Garden
Forgotten Spaces: Second Place – The Pool by Scott Brownrigg

[CAMDEN] A public pool filling the disused tramway entrance at Kingsway
Forgotten Spaces: The Performance of Forgotten Space by Kingston University

[CROYDON] Performance space connecting backspaces of highstreet buildings
Forgotten Spaces: Third Place – Thames Archipelago by Craft Pegg

[TOWER HAMLETS] Floating natural habitats on East India Dock
Forgotten Spaces: Visions of Utopia by Cabinet of Curiosity

[LAMBETH] Revival of the old Orangery in Clapham
Forgotten Spaces: Voicebox by Featherstone Young

[BRIXTON] Speakers’ forum in Brixton
Forgotten Spaces: Winner – Reservoir Roofs by Gort Scott

[WALTHAM FOREST] Development of existing reservoirs to allow school children and day trippers to connect with the middle Lee Valley
Foster + Partners bags Oxford science centre job

Foster + Partners has won a £30 million commission for a new science and enterprise centre in Oxford
Foster and Adjaye shortlisted for San Francisco Museum of Modern Art extension

Brits Foster + Partners and Adjaye Associates have been named among the finalists in the international competition to design a new wing for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
Fosters’ Imperial War Museum scheme dealt funding blow

Foster + Partners’ proposed revamp of the Imperial War Museum in London has been torpedoed following a decision not to give the £71 million project heritage lottery funding
Four line up for RIBA presidency contest

With the deadline for nominations less than a week away four candidates are battling for the next RIBA presidency: Angela Brady, George Oldham, Richard Parnaby and Roger Shrimplin
Fourth architect emerges in race for parliament

Iain Meek has emerged as the fourth architect standing for the 2010 general election
Full AJ100 shortlists revealed

The shortlist for the AJ100 awards has been announced. The winners will be revealed at a ceremony in central London on 19 May
Geze UK concealed door closers

[PRODUCTS] Concealed transom closers launched
GKD - The New York Times they are A-Changin’

Constructed in 1913, the famous New York Times Building, home of the renowned correspondent newspaper until 2007, has been through a lot of changes in its history. Recently the so called “Old Gray Lady’s” interior design has been spruced up with some custom garments.
GKD’s After School Special

The spirit of the American high schools is world famous. Being the centre of social life with its competitions and the pride for the home team, school days shape a person’s identity for an entire life.
Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop go separate ways

The co-founders of leading Scottish lights and multi-award winning Glasgow-based practice gm + ad have decided to part
Gordon Murray: 'We must listen to students and graduates'

Richard Waite talks to Gordon Murray, the new chair of the Standing Conference of Heads of Schools of Architecture
Greenshoots: Boost in residential starts

The number of housing schemes starting on site has ballooned – bucking a worrying general trend that has seen an increase in projects being shelved
Grimshaw scoops Stoke bus station competition

Grimshaw has seen off the likes of Zaha Hadid and Wilkinson Eyre to win the contest to design a £15 million city centre bus station in Stoke-on-Trent
Gwynedd Council, town centre regeneration design framework

Gwynedd Council is seeking an architect for its design framework on town centre environmental and regeneration projects in Bangor and Caernarfon
Hat-trick of contest-winners sunk by funding hitches

A trio of RIBA competition-winning schemes have hit the rocks due to a lack of funds
Heating infrastructure: Levitt Bernstein's energy centre at Univsersity of Liverpool

Levitt Bernstein’s energy centre for the University of Liverpool satisfies performance requirements, but is driven by its context
Hospitality and maritime institute, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has launched a design competition for its new 1,858m² hospitality and maritime training institute
Hounslow schools maintenance framework

The London Borough of Hounslow has launched its search to appoint an architect to a five-year school maintenance and extensions contract
House 1 and House 2, by TAKA, Dublin

Patrick Lynch visits two homes by Irish practice TAKA that sparkle with ideas, but also speak of the quotidian aspects of life, death and rebirth. Photography by Alice Clancy
Hydro-electric power station chooses profile 6

England’s first hydro-electric power station has fitted Marley Eternit’s fibre cement Profile 6 sheeting as part of major refurbishment work.
Icopal’s Bridgestop is first to four credits

A system that was developed by the Monarfloor Acoustic Systems division of Icopal has been approved by Robust Details as the first four-credit separating wall solution for the Code for Sustainable Homes.
In pictures: AJ Spec celebrates re-launch

AJ Specification was re-launched this week with a Spring Party at Clerkenwell
In pictures: shortlisted schemes in V&A Dundee contest

[IMAGES + PLANS] The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has unveiled the six schemes shortlisted in the contest to design the museum’s new £47 million outpost in Dundee
In pictures: Studio AR scoops Forgotten Spaces top prize

Alex Scott-Whitby of Studio AR has landed top place in the Forgotten Spaces contest for his proposal to convert City of London belfries into artist studios
Innovative Solutions with Ecophon Master Solo

There are now acoustic solutions for areas where an overall acoustic ceiling, for different reasons, would not be suitable. These free-hanging acoustic panels are the perfect solution.
Innovative Solutions with Ecophon Master Solo

There are now acoustic solutions for areas where an overall acoustic ceiling, for different reasons, would not be suitable.
It’s time for architects to roll up their sleeves, and their trouser legs

Ian Martin goes masonic
Jean Nouvel sees red

There was plenty of pretentious verbiage on display at the Milan Furniture Fair 2010, but back home Jean Nouvel blew away the competition
John Thompson bags planning for £7.5m Oldham housing

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] John Thompson & Partners has landed planning for its Oldham Council housing scheme at North Werneth, Manchester
Kalzip earns top marks at Swindon Academy

A full Kalzip built-up system including over 6,300 sqm of straight and tapered Kalzip aluminium standing seam roofing sheets was specified for the impressive new Swindon Academy by Aedas Architects Ltd.
Knoll Hidden seam tufting

[PRODUCTS] Hidden seam tufting for lounge collection
KPF/AF Student Travel Award winners named

Nandi Marshal Han has won this year’s KPF/AF Student Travel Award with his study of urbanisation and public space in Lhasa, Tibet
Labour manifesto: design standards pledge for all public buildings

The Labour party has vowed to make good its commitment to roll out design standards for all new public buildings in its election manifesto
Leaf House, by James Gorst Architects

[BUILDING STUDY + DRAWINGS] Behind the inscrutable facade of James Gorst Architects’ Leaf House are some sober, but beautifully detailed and unusually proportioned interior spaces, says Rory Olcayto. Photography by Hélène Binet
LEGO unveils Burj Khalifa model

LEGO has created a model of the world’s tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa tower by SOM
Leit-werk victorious in Ethiopian airlines HQ contest

London-based Leit-werk has won the international contest to design the new Ethiopian Airlines headquarters at Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Levolux solar shading

[PRODUCTS] Fully integrated solar shading system
Lib Dem manifesto: retrofit handouts and VAT cuts for refurbs pledged

The Lib Dems have promised to slash VAT on refurbishment and pledged up to £10,000 to retrofit every home over the next decade
Libeskind designs national museum for Iraqi Kurdistan

Daniel Libeskind is to unveil plans for a Kurdish national museum in the ancient city of Erbil in north Iraq
Libeskind: the geopolitical architect

Daniel Libeskind is the only starchitect working today who dares to take a political stance, says Rory Olcayto
Lifelong learning

Education doesn’t have to stop once you embark on a career. The flexibility of the courses and financial support available is surprising
Make Bethnal Green competition winners announced

Housing association Affinity Sutton has revealed the joint winners of its Make Bethnal Green sustainable housing competition: Robert ‘Joe’ Williams and George Calver, both of Oxford Brookes University
Manchester new build rate slows

The number of new homes built in Manchester city centre this year will fall by 2,020, a report has claimed
Marco Polo House faces demolition threat

Scott Brownrigg is planning to demolish Ian Pollard’s landmark, post-modern 1980s Marco Polo House and replace it with luxury flats
Milan's Magic moments

Astragal’s prize for the most bizarre sight seen at the Milan Furniture Fair this year goes to Breed Retreat by Amsterdam-based designer Frederik Roijé
Mobile Studio rethinks Goldfinger ruin

Up-and-coming London practice, The Mobile Studio, is inviting the public to consider new uses for the site of a demolished Erno Goldfinger-designed caretaker’s cottage in Putney
More cash for LFA

The London Festival of Architecture has received an extra £60,000 of funding from the Arts Council, paving the way for three more projects to go ahead
Must see: BCO launches Capital Recovery conference

The British Council for Offices (BCO) has launched its flagship annual conference this year on the theme of capital recovery in London
My thrilling dream journey with Claude, the Globitectübercelebrauteur

Ian Martin gets lyrical on his statements
New Ageing Award 2010

The University of Pennsylvania has launched the New Ageing Award 2010, identifying progressive architecture for the elderly, whether realised or conceptual
New College Nottingham, Basford Hall College

New College Nottingham is on the hunt for a design team consortium to undertake the £13 million revamp of its Basford Hall campus
New design contest launched for insect hotels in London

Developer British Land and The City of London are searching for architects to design a series of ‘five star’ biodiversity hotels for insects
New Practices #23: Emrys Architects

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy
New Practices #25: Yorkshire Design Partnership

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy
Newcomer wins Leeds 36 The Calls contest

Newly formed Fletcher Crane Architects has beaten nearly 100 entrants to win the international contest to design a new landmark waterside building in Leeds
Nine Elms ‘enterprise zone’ mooted

London Assembly member Richard Tracey has urged the Mayor of London to combat funding fears for the Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea (VNEB) regeneration area by making it an ‘enterprise zone’
Nouvel completes 23-storey tower in New York City

The architect behind this year’s Serpentine Pavilion in London, Jean Nouvel, has completed his second Manhattan tower
Obituary: Dennis Sharp

Dennis Sharp, who died last week aged 76, was a very British architect with collaborators worldwide, says Paul Finch
Obituary: Oliver Cox

Oliver Cox, best known for his brilliantly designed primary schools in Hertfordshire, died last month aged 91
Official launch for Renzo Piano's first completed UK project

The 50,000m² Central Saint Giles development, clad with more than 130,000 coloured terracotta tiles, is Renzo Piano’s first completed building in the UK
Page\Park lands green light for Inverness new town

Page\Park Architects has won outline planning permission for a £500 million new town at Stratton Farm outside Inverness, Scotland
Paradise Park living wall to be replanted

Islington Council is set to replant its failed £100,000 living wall at the DSDHA-designed Paradise Park Children’s Centre (pictured), signalling renewed faith in the innovative cladding system
Patrik Schumacher on parametricism - 'Let the style wars begin'

In an exclusive text for the AJ, Patrik Schumacher of Zaha Hadid Architects argues that the unified style of architecture for the 21st century will be parametricism
Paul Vick completes school theatre

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Paul Vick Architects has completed this theatre and sixth-form centre at Brentford School for Girls
Pedestrian bridge design contest, Amsterdam

[Registration should be completed by 15 December 2011] AC-CA has launched an ideas competition for an ‘iconic’ pedestrian bridge in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Penrose in, Vaizey out: the architecture minister saga

Ed Vaizey has lasted just four days as architecture minister following a decision to switch those duties to fellow Tory John Penrose
Penrose lists Leeds brutalist campus

Architecture minister John Penrose has awarded Grade II-listed status to Chamberlin, Powell and Bon’s buildings at the University of Leeds
Pevsner - Building a new identity

Two books on Nikolaus Pevsner illustrate how England’s most famous chronicler of its towns and cities adopted the architecture of his new homeland, writes Steve Parnell
Pittsburgh Corning roof design service

[PRODUCT] Free tapered roof system design service
Poor-quality housing 'fuels poverty cycle'

The UK’s low-quality housing wastes billions of pounds a year through crime, healthcare and educational failure, a report has claimed
Populous unveils Silverstone pit lane scheme

[FIRST LOOK] Populous has revealed images of its new Silverstone pit lane and paddock complex, part of a £5m revamp of the Northamptonshire circuit
Private House, Fiscavaig, Isle of Skye, by Rural Design

Local architect Rural Design has completed this all-seasons holiday house in the village of Fiskavaig, Isle of Skye
Prix W 2010, Versailles - Fondation d'entreprise Wilmotte

The French national archives’ former warehouse at Versailles is the focus of this year’s Prix W competition, run by the Fondation d’entreprise Wilmotte
Profession and schools unite to fight ‘detrimental’ fees hike

The RIBA and architecture schools body SCHOSA have launched a bid to persuade the government that architecture’s Part 2 diploma should be exempt from the full impact of the tuition fee overhaul
Promap 3D survey data

[PRODUCTS] Off-the-shelf accurate 3D survey data from Promap
PUSHAK to create ‘guerrilla’ garden at Architecture Foundation

Norwegian all-female practice PUSHAK is planning to build a ‘guerrilla’ garden at The Architecture Foundation to celebrate the London Festival of Architecture
Queen's Park arena, Glasgow

The Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) are inviting architects and designers to submit proposals for a new performance space on the site of the former bandstand in Queen’s Park
Rare Architecture transforms town hall with laser-cut aluminium skin

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] Paris-based Rare Architecture has completed its £17 million transformation of the 1910 Bethnal Green Town Hall into a 98-room hotel
Recession: Nail in coffin for Aedas' Manyoo towers

The developer behind a £105 million four-tower scheme by Aedas in Salford Quays has gone into administration
Redefining our attitudes to the past with a ‘slightly underground’ railway

Ian Martin gets down with the teenage lingo
Reinforced concrete: Schmidt Hammer Lassen's campus for City of Westminster College

Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s campus for City of Westminster College displays the design potential of concrete frame construction
Retrofit to the rescue as projects face cuts

Architects are set to benefit from a surge in affordable-housing retrofits, as the new coalition government delivers further blows to housing and transport projects
Retrofit: HLM Architects reclads Sheffield Arts Tower

HLM Architects’ recladding of the University of Sheffield’s Arts Tower refuses to sacrifice performance to conservation
Revealed: Finalists for AJ100 Regional Awards

The shortlisted practices vying for this year’s AJ100 Regional Awards, sponsored by Griffiths & Armour and Beale and Company, have been unveiled today
RIBA issues counter-terrorism guidance

The RIBA has issued architects with guidance on how to incorporate anti-terrorism measures into building designs
RIBA London chair Azar Djamali resigns

RIBA London chair Azar Djamali last night (29 April) resigned ahead of a vote of no confidence in her leadership
RIBA London mystery deepens

More issues have emerged involving the running of the RIBA’s London Regional Council (LRC)
RIBA London thrown into chaos by chair’s resignation

RIBA London is in meltdown following chair Azar Djamali’s resignation last week, ahead of a vote of no confidence in her leadership of the council
Richard Haut’s European competition wins

Richard Haut’s round-up of European Union Competition wins, this week featuring Paul Chemetov’s Chambéry success and Dominique Parrault’s Dobrée Museum victory
Richard Haut’s European competition wins, 13.05.10

Richard Haut’s round-up of European Union Competition wins, this week featuring Kengo Kuma’s Aix-en-Provence success and a design competition for Amsterdam’s Sloterdijk railway station
Richard Rogers on Maggie's Centre and the architecture of hope

As a new book on the architecture of Maggie’s Centres is published, Richard Rogers and Ivan Harbour look back at the genesis of their Stirling Prize-winning centre in London
RMJM opens door on Glasgow Bath house overhaul

RMJM has completed its restoration of one of Glasgow’s oldest bath houses into a private art gallery
Rockpanel Chameleon brings together present and future environment

Peachey House, a residential development in Ilford, East London, is a symbolic landmark spearheading the regeneration and setting the tone for all further building in this area.
Rockpanel Chameleon embodies the Think Tank’s purpose: innovation

The Think Tank building is a demonstration of the unique way in which Rockpanel can be used to give form to the story behind a creation. The first army tanks were once built in this city.
Rockpanel Rockclad reflects the changing and modern face of the Salvation Army

On the east elevation, Rockpanel Rockclad Red was chosen to reflect The Salvation Army’s branding.
Ronald Searle at the Cartoon Museum, by Louis Hellman

To mark Ronald Searle’s 90th birthday, the Cartoon Museum is showing a retrospective of his work. Here, Louis Hellman examines Searle’s portrayals of architecture and art
Royal Academy of Music extension, London by John McAslan + Partners

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] John McAslan + Partners has completed this £1.4 million extension and renovation scheme for the Royal Academy of Music (RAM)
Safeguard Water-repellent cream

[PRODUCTS] Water-repellent cream for thermal efficiency
Sauerbruch Hutton extends Berlin office upwards

[FIRST LOOK] Sauerbruch Hutton has added an extra storey and reworked a rendered, 1960s upper-level addition to its Berlin office – an ex-Prussian army building from 1900
School of Health Studies, University of Bradford by Farrell & Clark

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Leeds-based Farrell & Clark has won the go-ahead for this £6 million facility for Bradford University’s School of Health Studies
Scottish government to launch new architecture policy

The Scottish government at Holyrood has revealed plans to launch a revamped architecture policy in the new year
Scottish Oceans Institute, St Andrews

University of St Andrews is seeking a design team for the £30 million refurbishment of its Scottish Oceans Institute
Shortlist named in Wyre waterfront contest

Teams including Softroom, Liverpool’s Studio Three Architects and Ian McChesney have been named on a five-strong shortlist in the Wyre Way ‘Sea Change’ competition
Sloterdijk railway station, Netherlands

Dutch railway company ProRail BV has put out to tender the transformation of Amsterdam’s Sloterdijk railway station
Social housing, Father Cullen Park, Northern Ireland

Belfast-based Clanmil Housing Association is seeking an architect-led design team for a new-build development at Father Cullen Park, Bessbrook, Northern Ireland
Solar Park South, Calabria, Italy

Italy’s Calabria region has launched an international design competition seeking imaginative reuses for a soon-to-be decommissioned 10km stretch of highway
Space Craft wins planning for Chatham mixed-use scheme

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] Space Craft Architects has bagged planning for its 13,000m² mixed-use scheme at Chatham, Kent
Specifying Timber: ' The green agenda; timber technology; design innovation and recent legislation'

Martin Spring examines recent developments in timber and joinery, and related products, as well as their design and specification. He also considers the impact of environmental and economic influences and recent changes in legislation
Stalled LSC projects receive £50m boost

The government has injected £50 million into further education colleges - potentially restarting up to 50 schemes stalled during the LSC funding debacle
Stanton Williams wins King's Cross Square competition

Stanton Williams has finally been named as the winner in the contest to design a new 7,000m² square outside King’s Cross Station, London
Stirling Prize charity on brink

The Marco Goldschmied Foundation is in danger of being removed from the Register of Charities after failing to report on its activities
Stoke Town masterplan, Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent is seeking architects to masterplan the regeneration of Stoke Town including the development of a 4ha historic pottery site
StoneLite; Making Light Work of Explosive Situations

Ultra lightweight natural stone cladding panel, Weighs 95% less than solid 100 mm solid stone, Resists 60 times more impact than solid stone, Impervious to water penetration, Panel sizes up to 3.0 m x 1.5 m, Withstands 150kg TNT at 34 m distance
Stratford Campus, University of East London, by Richard Murphy Architects

[BUILDING STUDY + PLANS + DATA] It’s the masterplan that makes these academic buildings shine, says Jay Merrick
Studio E scoops Queens Award for Enterprise

London-based Studio E Architects has won the internationally prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development
Studio Seilern wins approval for Mayfair re-take

Studio Seilern has won planning for this £9.5 million ‘loft living’ scheme in Mayfair after abandoning its original designs
Sukkah City: New York City

Sukkah City: New York City has launched an international design competition which asks entrants to rethink the traditional Israeli Sukkah
Sustainability in Practice: Unfired Clay Products

[SUSTAINABILITY IN PRACTICE] This ancient material has plenty to offer the 21st-century designer, says Sandy Patience
'Take off' for HKR's Bournemouth Airport terminal

[FIRST LOOK] HKR has been given the go-ahead for this new £2.5 million arrivals terminal for Bournemouth Airport
Takeover by Schweiter Technologies – Alcan Kapa GmbH becomes 3A Composites GmbH

Alcan Kapa GmbH is now called 3A Composites GmbH. The company with its two locations in Osnabrück and Singen will be operating from now on under the new name.
Thames Valley Housing framework- masterplanning and architectural consultants

Participants sought for consultants framework for Master Planner, Architectural and Employers Agent Services
The Archigram Archives go digital

Archigram ruled the architectural avant-garde in the late 1960s – 50 years on, its playful vision of a technocratic future is freely available online. Steve Parnell reports
The Measurers - Three Classicists at RIBA

Ben Pentreath, George Saumarez Smith & Francis Terry exhibit their classical drawings and work
'This is a dangerous moment for Libya's future'

Philip Graham of Edward Cullinan Architects reacts to Gaddafi’s death, saying ‘the next phase should be about ideas, not contracts’
Three Classicists - Ben Pentreath on Firmness

Classicist Ben Pentreath on Firmness
Three Classicists - Francis Terry on Delight

Classicist Francis Terry, on Delight
Three Classicists - George Saumarez Smith on Commodity

Classicist George Saumarez Smith, on Commodity
'Timber: a material with almost limitless applications'

[AJS EDITORIAL] This month, AJ Specification focuses on timber, a material with almost limitless applications in architecture, ranging from external cladding to joinery
Timber: Waingels College, Berkshire, by Sheppard Robson

Sheppard Robson project architect Pia Degenhardt on specfiying timber for the £27million school
Tom Dixon's watery end

Tom Dixon took a few minutes out from his busy Milan schedule to give Astragal an update on his Ladbroke Grove den; a concrete water tower in west London he bought with the intention of making it habitable
Top French honour for Pompidou architect Mike Davies

Mike Davies, one of the founding partners of Richard Rogers Partnership, has been appointed a Chevalier of the Order of the Légion d’honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Tories plan industry advisory group

HOK vice-president works with Party to deliver high-level built-environment advice to ministers
Tory manifesto: planning power to shift to local neighbourhoods

The Conservative Party has pledged to introducing an ‘open source’ planning system and shift powers from central government to local neighbourhoods
Tottenham and West Ham vying for Olympic Stadium occupancy

The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) has confirmed that Premier League football clubs West Ham and Tottenham are the final two bidders vying for rights to occupy the 2012 Olympic Stadium post games
Trio of buildings approved for King’s Cross

Camden Council has approved plans for three new office buildings at the southern end of King’s Cross Central
Trust launches £2.5m Dartmouth Indoor pool competition

The DDIP Trust is searching for architects to design a new leisure facility and indoor swimming pool at Dartmouth in Devon
Two fire-service buildings, Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight Council seeks detailed design and project management services for two fire-service buildings
Victorian Society objects to LSE scheme

The Victorian Society has objected to the demolition of a red-brick hospital on the site of O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects’ competition-winning London School of Economics (LSE) student centre
Villiers Road Studios, London, by Peter Barber Architects

Villiers Road Studios bears the trademarks of a Peter Barber Architects project, but its apparently formulaic exterior belies a highly focused and well-researched approach, writes Felix Mara. Photography by Morley von Sternberg
Wales' housing powers bid flounders

The Welsh Assembly Government has expressed disappointment at its failure to gain extra housing powers from Westminster
Waste incineration plant facade, Denmark

Danish waste-management company Amagerforbrænding has launched an architectural design contest for the facade of its new waste incineration plant in Denmark
West Buckland School, Devon, by Rundell Associates

[BUILDING STUDY + DRAWINGS] Rundell Associates timber-clad arts centre complements the existing 19th-century West Buckland School and adds coherence to the campus. But where is the masterplan? By Felix Mara. Photography by Ben Blossom
Who's next? No nominations for RIBA president, so far

The RIBA has yet to receive a formal nomination from any candidates in the race to become the next president of the institution
Why architecture on the internet is for ‘Men Only’…

Ian Martin joins the latest online sensation: Charrette Roulette
Wienerberger off-white bricks

[PRODUCTS] Smooth Cream added to off-white brick line
Wilkinson Eyre and Pringle Brandon bag Siemens pavilion planning

Wilkinson Eyre and Pringle Brandon have won planning permission for their £30 million Siemens pavilion visitor centre at the Royal Docks in east London
Work nears completion on Keith Williams' Chichester landmark

These are the latest pictures of Keith Williams Architects’ 1,300m² district museum in Chichester’s historic core which is set to open in July
Working Detail: Arup Headquarters, London, by Sheppard Robson

[WORKING DETAIL 15.04.10] Horizontal fire curtain
Working Detail: Broadcasting Place, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

[WORKING DETAIL 22.04.10] Facade construction
Working Detail: Leaf House, by James Gorst Architects

[WORKING DETAIL 29.04.10] Staircase detail
Working Detail: Villiers Road Studios, London, by Peter Barber Architects

[WORKING DETAIL] Wall section
Working Detail: West Buckland School, by Rundell Architects

[WORKING DETAIL 13.05.10] Terraced seating and entrance staircase
World at Wentworth project, Barnsley South Yorkshire

Wentworth Castle and Stainborough Park Heritage Trust has launched a competition to select the design team for its World at Wentworth project
York Road Estate, Wandsworth

Wandsworth Council is seeking an architect to work on the first phase its York Road Estate regeneration
Z Corporation 3-d printing

[PRODUCTS] 3D printing made accessible to everyone
ZM Architecture scoops Queen's Park Arena

The contest to design a new multi-purpose performance space in Glasgow’s Queen’s Park has been won by ZM Architecture

Architects JournalApril 2010

Architects Journal
April 2010